In this episode I talk to Brian Griffin about his book Himmelstrasse. I first met Brian when we were both guest panellists at Format Festival. A while later we had the pleasure of having Brian as our Curating Judge for Shotupnorth’s SUN Awards 27. Of course, Brian Griffin is one of Britain’s most influential portrait photographers… his style of tra…

Kerry Harrison was awarded 1st and 3rd places for his video entries in Shot Up North's 23rd SUN AWARDS. Ed Horwich talks to him about his beginnings as a stills photographer and what its like to add making movies to the portfolio of work that a stills photographer can offer. SUN Awards: shotupnorth.co.uk facebook.com/shotupnorth twitter.com/shotupn…

Ed Horwich talks with award winning Leeds based photographer Richard Moran about his early life, what caused him to pursue a photographic career, how he has developed his client base, and other influences on his own photographic style. http://www.moranphoto.co.uk Shot Up North's SUN AWARDS celebrate and reward the best commercial photography in the…

Ed Horwich talks to photographic partnership Steve McCoy and Stephanie Wynne, about their recent exhibition Quiescence and how they manage to merge personal projects with their full time commercial work. www.mccoywynne.co.uk edphoto.com shotupnorth.co.uk The SUN Awards recognises and rewards the best commercial photography in the UK regions, workin…

A commercial and advertising photographer, Paul embarked on a 2 year MA degree at Nottingham Trent University as a way of examining and pushing his photography a step further. His resulting final year exhibition has projected him into an almost completely different way of earning a living as a commercial photographer, as well has profoundly changin…

Tracey Gibbs interviews Andy Cheetham, Creative Director of Cheetham Bell JWT Manchester, one of the leading figures in the advertising industry. He discusses... finding new talent, choosing who to commission, fulfilling a brief, fees, the digital era, and more. To see the SUN Awards 2006 and to find out how to enter the 2007 awards go to the web s…

Ed Horwich talks to Ady Bibby, creative director of design agency True North based in Manchester's Norther Quarter. Ady picks out his favourite images from SUN 2007 and gives us a bit of background about his agency. This is an enhanced podcast. The images can be viewed if played in iTunes or using Quicktime. To see bigger versions of the images ref…

Ed Horwich introduces Manchester photographer Jonathan Oakes in conversation with Nick Jones of UK Locations. This is an enhanced podcast, so when you play it in iTunes you should be able to view the images referred to in the conversation. Johnny and Nick talk through the whys and wherefores of deciding upon using a location as opposed to creating …

John Baxter is a Cumbrian photographer who won the SUN Best Image Award in 2007. John talks to Ed Horwich about his rise to commercial success through a series of photographic books looking at different people's unique occupations and activities. www.johnbaxter.co.uk www.edphoto.com www.shotupnorth.co.uk The SUN 2008 Awards is touring the UK throug…

Guy Farrow has been entering the SUN Awards since 1994, often with location images. Guy talks to Ed Horwich about his images, what its like to work on location and how he goes about finding those elusive and remote locations. This is an enhanced podcast. You will be able to view the images referred to by playing the file in iTunes or Quicktime. SUN…